sencha
/ˈsɛn.t͡ʃə/noun
sencha is a noun meaning “A form of Japanese green tea made by infusing the processed whole tea leaves in hot water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-N-C-H-A, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does sencha mean?
noun
- 1
A form of Japanese green tea made by infusing the processed whole tea leaves in hot water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce sencha?
- /ˈsɛn.t͡ʃə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sencha.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is sencha?
Sencha appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Sencha in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of Japanese green tea:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sencha |
| German | Sencha |
| Portuguese | senchá |
| Spanish | sencha |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sencha come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 煎茶 (sencha, literally “infused tea”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).